Government-owned Air India has
constituted a committee to implement the recommendations of the Dharmadhikari
committee report on the pay and promotion structure of its staff. The panel has
representation from personnel of the erstwhile Indian Airlines, now formally a
part of AI, and the erstwhile Air India.
“The whole process of fixation of
pay, level mapping and seniority is expected to be completed within six to
eight weeks,” went an official statement
It said the committee was
constituted on the direction of the civil aviation ministry. It includes Syed
Nasir Ali, director in the ministry & officer on special duty to Air India,
and three general managers in the airline — A J D’Souza, S N Bhattacharya and S
U Shukla.
The Dharmadhikari panel was formed
to recommend ways to resolve various issues between the personnel of the
erstwhile IA and AI. The report, given this January, has been formally accepted
by the ministry.
It has recommended the hugely
loss-making airline cap all increments till it becomes operationally
profitable. It has also said there is need to rationalise allowances paid to
pilots of AI and the erstwhile IA. It has recommended various cost-cutting measures
in this regard, such as on allowances and accommodation when abroad. Also, on
curtailing benefits such as free tickets to kin of staffers.
Pilots of the erstwhile AI, on its
international routes, on strike for over a month, have said the report was prejudiced
against them.
The implementation committee met on
Friday to prepare a schedule. It is to interact with various associations and
employees.
The ministry is approaching the
Union cabinet for some dispensations required to give incentives on the basis
of industry standards to certain classes of employees such as pilots, engineers
and cabin crew. The incentives paid to these sections, it has been decided, go
beyond the guidelines of the Department of Public Enterprises.
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